ELT Conference 2024

Paul is a Freelance Educator who has given training workshops for K1-12, and trained English Faculty at universities, in many different countries around the world including: Türkiye, Spain, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Egypt, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the Sultanate of Oman.

He previously worked as Training Manager for OUP in the Gulf and Central Asia and achieved significant market growth through working with the OUP editorial team on customized, regionally specific titles for KSA, Bahrain, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. He then planned and delivered extensive training in how to exploit this customised content for teachers in regional workshops in these countries over a ten-year period.

He has lived and worked in the region for over 25 years. Before joining OUP in 2011, Paul was ICT Co-ordinator, Team Leader for CELA exams, an IELTS examiner for 9 years (IELTS Examiner Trainer for six of those years), and teacher / teacher trainer, based at the British Council in Dubai, UAE. Specifically interested in “learning by doing”, his main goal is to promote a greater understanding of student-centred, enquiry-based learning approaches, with the overall aim of encouraging critical thinking and the development of good study skills at all levels during the educational process

Andrew Bosson, is an educator whose career has spanned over 30 years and a variety of location. Currently teaching English to students at a prestigious university in Istanbul, he is also involved in professional development within and outside his institution. Previously he spent over a decade in educational management positions that included simultaneously managing Teacher Education and an ESOL departments in an Adult Education College in England. Following his time in educational management, he made the decision to focus on the aspects of the job that he loves, being in the classroom with learners and participating in the development of fellow teachers. He has many interests in English language teaching and learning including the encouraging of language learning through Project Based Learning (PBL), the promotion of Lifelong Learning and the application of the concepts of Positive Psychology to the promotion of English language learning.

Andrew holds an MA in TESOL and Educational Technologies from the University of Manchester for which he was awarded the Platt Prize for outstanding achievement. He has co-authored a chapter for the book "Teaching in the Post COVID-19 Era", published by Springer which explores "PBL as a Model for the Normalised Use of Digital Technologies: Facilitating, Practical, Meaningful, Learner-Centred Online Teaching and Learning". His article “Teacher Development and Maintaining Motivation through Project Based Learning” originally written for the IATEFL Professional Development Special Interest Group was selected for inclusion in the “IATEFL Best of SIGS” publication to mark the organisation’s 50 th anniversary.

Emre Çelik is an experienced English language instructor and educational technologies coordinator, currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction at Bilkent University. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in English Language Teaching from Anadolu University and has over a decade of experience teaching English at TOBB University of Economics and Technology in Ankara, where he teaches students across various levels and previously offered courses in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) and professional English. As the Educational Technologies Coordinator at TOBB ETÜ, he plays a key role in integrating innovative tools and practices into language teaching. Emre also has international teaching experience, having taught English as a Foreign Language at C.E.I.P Federico García Lorca in Madrid, Spain. As a Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant at Yale University, he contributed to fostering cross-cultural understanding and enhancing language proficiency. Beyond academia, Emre is a passionate voice artist, contributing narrations and voice-overs to multimedia projects.